Example sentences of "did not belong to [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Soon , one field was not enough , and the request ‘ all in a good cause ’ — spread to Jane 's two other fields , so the horses , most of which did not belong to her , had to be moved to a farm , and she had to cope with angry owners . |
| 2 | The main reason that he was carrying it rather than wearing it was that it did not belong to him . |
| 3 | For instance , if a testator had left per vindicationem a legacy of something which did not belong to him , that legacy was ineffective . |
| 4 | the vehicle did not belong to him ; and |
| 5 | When he turned or moved , they swung about stiffly like things that did not belong to him . |
| 6 | Moral purists may well debate Aitken 's propriety in selling — even for a charitable cause — something which did not belong to him , namely the copyright in the report , but others may share my own view that , having regard to the intensity of the pro-Biafran feelings of Aitken and Fraser , this particular act would not seriously impede an unobstructed entry into heaven . |
| 7 | To the ancient moralists the Allazon was the man who laid claim to possessions and to achievements which did not belong to him in order to exalt himself more . |
| 8 | It may , therefore , also be the case that the jewellers were not over concerned with the purity of the gold and that , therefore , the balances , weights and touchstones did not belong to them . |
| 9 | Indeed , she had a talent for implying that somehow she did not belong to her own Cabinet . |
| 10 | Yes , it is true , but I must add the following : even her hand-outs to beggars were based on negation : she gave them money not because beggars , too , belonged to mankind , but because they did not belong to it , because they were excluded from it , and probably like her , felt no solidarity with mankind . |
| 11 | He commonly observed to his students that it was doubtful whether there was as much joy in heaven as in some places on earth at the rise of the ‘ Barthian school ’ — and would add that he at any rate did not belong to it . |
| 12 | The shouting voices did not belong to our little world of passionate love . |
| 13 | Many clients had a tendency to just store their money away and not do anything with it and sit in clothes that did n't belong to them . |
| 14 | Anna did n't belong to them . |
| 15 | Women died in childbirth , everyone succumbed more readily to disease and people still coveted things which did n't belong to them . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Billy would n't touch a fing what did n't belong to 'im . |
| 17 | The English millionaire folded his singed tents and stole away the insurance money , which did n't belong to him since I had nationalized the paper well before the fire was out . |
| 18 | Took what did n't belong to him , as usual . |
| 19 | He had given her a ring that did n't belong to him ; a ring he had stolen as he had stolen Mister Johnny 's safety and Hepzibah 's happiness when he had stolen the will ! |
| 20 | Again the boy looked down at his hands , staring at his arms and legs as if they did n't belong to him . |
| 21 | La Tour Monchauzet did n't belong to him , after all , but to the Baron . |
| 22 | She had never before taken anything which did n't belong to her , but she was cold , tired , and very hungry . |
| 23 | ‘ Privacy is a luxury you forsook when you took something that did n't belong to you . |
| 24 | He would spend a great deal of time trying to fit in fresh pieces only to find that most of them did n't belong to his picture . |
| 25 | ‘ You said that did n't belong to your family . ’ |